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NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon
marshotel writes "NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power, and they are taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system."
...GreenPeace launch their intergalactic spaceship to intercept NASA in orbit and all of the zero-g protesters.
Unless the NIMBY crowd change to NIMOrbit
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Asking for trouble... 'cos this didn't work out too well for Moonbase Alpha.
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Nuclear technician, spaceflight experience. Not as proficient as the inanimate carbon rod, but who is?
you have to be a lunatic to put fission on the moon. it seems once a month i encounter some sort of hairbraned scheme like this. i wish there were a silver bullet solution to these sort of moonbat ideas
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
A little known fact, there is no China on the moon. Therefore, you do not have to worry about the China Syndrome. You can run a nuclear reactor any way you want.
I got a catholic block.
Night time on the moon is kinda long (weeks). What do you do then?
Really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really long wires.
Life would be easier if I had the source code.
That's why you supplement the solar power with wind power. Haven't you watched any of those greenie off-the-grid shows?
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Quite a bit harder to do so if it's on it's way to Pluto.
Why would they want to send it to Pluto? It's a Mickey Mouse planet!
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That's why you supplement the solar power with wind power. Haven't you watched any of those greenie off-the-grid shows?
I know what, you could supplement it with wave power from the Sea of Tranquility.
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Nuclear reactor for the moon: $2 billion
A year's supply of plutonium: $500 million
Spaceship to deliver reactor: $1.6 billion
Watching a nuclear meltdown on the moon from Earth: priceless
Sure! We can put a reactor on the moon but we can't put a new reactor in the U.S.
Do we really want them to have access to nuclear power? On the other hand, the theme park does have a lot of lights.
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Why does NASA have to do this for the moon. Why doesn't the moon just develop it's own nuclear reactor if it wants one? It's not like NASA has extra money and resources to be doing every other planet's work.
You never really know how close to the edge you can go until you fall off.
In the thin/nonexistent atmosphere of the moon, the rubber bands dry out and crumble quickly.
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